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APPLICATION FlLED MAR-22,1915.

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GEORGE D. YOUNG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARPEN'IERS PLANE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

Application filed March 22, 1915. Serial N 0. 16,007.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. YOUNG a citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpenters Planes, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to carpenters planes, and particularly to the stock or frame of devices of this class, and the object thereof is to improve the stockor frame of an ordinary carpenters plane so as to make the tool strong and durable and so that it will not frequently get out of order and need repair, and so that it will not be broken or injured by the dropping, or the falling thereof from a work-table or bench, which frequently occurs in the use of tools of this class.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2 and showing all the parts of the plane assembled; Fig. 2 a horizontal section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a section on the line 33 of. Fig. 2 but showing only the stock or frame, and the central portion thereof; and, Fig. 4: a section on the line 44 of Fig. 3. p

In the practice of my invention, I provide a plane frame-or stock, comprising a main bottom or body member 0;, consisting of a fiat horizontal base" plate a and raised side plate members a all of which are stamped from sheet metal and formedintegrally, and the said main bottom or body member a is provided approximately centrally of the top side thereof with a transverse reinforcing member I) also stamped from sheet metal and triangular in cross section, and composed of a front transverse side portion 6 and a back transverse side portion 6 arranged at an angle of ninety degrees to each other.

The reinforcing member 6 is welded to the bottom member a and side members a and is provided with a central transverse provided at their inner edges with downwardly and backwardly directed flange members 0 which fit in the notch or recess bfin the transverse member 6 and between which is secured a block (Z by rivets (F, in the construction shown, but which may be welded between the flanges c of the plate ,members 0 if desired. The main plate member a is also welded to the front side portion 12 of the transverse support 6 and also to the sides a of the main body or stock member a, and the parts 0 of the plate member 0 are separated by a longitudinal slot 0 and the block (Z extends upwardly therethrough and is flush with the front surface of the plate 0.

I The downwardly directed flange members 0 of the parts 0 of the plate 0 are cut out to form recesses c to receive the bottom part of the front side portion 5 of the transverse support as shown in Fig. 1, and

the block do is provided with a backwardly directed screw (Z3, and an upwardly and forwardly directed stud (Z having a head (Z and mounted on the screw 03 is a grooved adjusting collar or sleeve 6 having a milled head 6 and pivoted between the flange members 03 of the plate members 0 is a lever fhaving a yoke-shaped head P which rests in the groove in the collar or sleeve 6 and said lever is provided with a nose piece f v v The blade 9 is connected with a back plate It and is mounted thereon in the usual manner and the turning of the collar or sleeve will operate the lever f to raise or lower the blade 9 in the usual manner, and the blade 9 is also adjustable on the back plate h by means of a screw 2' which passes through a slot in said blade and into said back plate in the usual manner. In the accompanying drawing I have also shown the usual blade lock j which consists of a plate having a central raised portion 1' provided with an aperture 3' having an upwardly directed recess j said aperture or recess being adapted to receive the head 65? of the stud 0Z and a screw 70 is passed through the top portion of the plate j and bears on the back plate h of the blade 9. The rear end portions of the parts 0 of the plate 0, or the downwardly directed flange members 0 of said parts are folded inwardly and overlapped as shown at 0 and are weldedtogether and mounted thereon is the usual pivoted blade adjusting lever 0 by means of which the edge of the blade 9 may be transversely set in proper position in the usual manner. All these parts 6, f, g, h, 2',

. j, k and c are of the usual form and construction and constitute no part of my invention and are only shown and described for the purpose of explaining the adaptability and use thereof in connection with my improved plane stock or body.

A pin or bolt m is also passed through the body or stock members a and c backwardly of the transverse support I) and forwardly of the block 0?, and welded or riveted in the side stock or frame members a and this also serves to reinforce the body frame or stock a and to make the same more strong and durable, and forwardly of the trans verse support I) is placed a transverse brace or reinforcing member m which 1s also Welded 1n place and rearwardly of which 1s the transverse slot n in the bottom a of the main frame or stock of the plane. The main frame or stock of the plane is also provided in the rear end portion thereof with a handle 0 mounted on supports 0 which are welded to the base and provided with welded heads 0 and said plane is also provided with a supplemental front handle 10 mounted on a support p welded to the base and provided with a welded head p lVith my improvement all the parts of the main frame or stock are welded or riveted firmly together and will not work loose, or become disconnected in any way, and all of said parts with the exception of the block d and the handles 0 and 10 are stamped from sheet metal, and in this way the main frame or stock is made much lighter and stronger than is possible with devices of this class as usually constructed. 7

Having fully described my invention, what directed inner side flanges and between which is a longitudinal slot or opening, a

transverse central support placed beneath said blade supporting plate and having front and back surfaces separated by an angle of approximately ninety degrees and the apex of which is directed upwardly and cut out centrally to receive the downwardly directed side flanges of the parts of said blade supporting plate, and a block secured between said side flanges rearwardly of said support and provided with a backwardly directed screw and an upwardly and forwardly directed stud.

2. In a carpenters plane, a main frame or stock comprising a main body portion consisting of a horizontal bottom plate having raised side members, a transverse central support secured in said stock and having front and back parts separated by an angle of approximately ninety degrees and the apex of which is directed upwardly and cut out centrally and transversely, a blade supporting plate mounted on said support and ranging upwardly and backwardly and consisting of two similar side members separated by a longitudinal slot or opening and having downwardly directed inner side flanges, and a block secured between said side flanges and having a backwardly directed screw and an upwardly directed stud which passes through the blade and the cap plates and on which said blade and cap plates are movable.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 18th day of March 1915.

GEORGE D. YOUNG.

Witnesses:

C. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON.

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